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The goal of the Big Cats Initiative is to the halt the decline of lions, cheetahs, and other big cats worldwide. Therefore, National Geographic will be collecting all available data on big cat populations, demographics, and habitat and will then fund a variety of conservation projects across their range. You can be part of this important work by donating to the Big Cats Initiative or by applying for a grant to help big cats.

Proposals including any of the following criteria are encouraged:

Innovative projects with results for saving big cats in the wild

Anti-poaching programs

Projects that test new technology

Interventions leading to declines in big cat mortality

Educational projects focused on community

Projects that establish economic incentives for local people to ensure long-term survival of big cats

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Nat Geo WILD presents a week dedicated to nature’s fiercest felines—big cats—creatures of magnificent strength, ferocity, and beauty that are rapidly facing extinction. With visually stunning and powerful stories from around the world, get closer than ever before to lions, tigers, cheetahs, panthers, and more as you share in their triumphs, defeats, and epic struggles to survive.